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Completed: 1941
Displacement: 16,782 tonnes full load
Length: 483 ft
Beam: 59,6 ft
Draught: 27,6 ft
Propulsion: Burmeister & Wain 8-cylinder diesels with a single shaft 6,800 horsepower (5,100 kW).
Speed: 11,5 kts
Complement: 44
HMS Derwentdale was deployed at Freetown with her sister ships Dewdale and Ennerdale.
RFA Derwentdale (A114) was a Dale-class fleet tanker and landing ship (gantry) of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary. She served during the Second World War.